[TheRealThing]

I was kind of spoiled when it comes to comparing now to the start of all this shit in 2008...not being able to find a good job, and it just not feeling like the right thing for me led to me enlisting in the Army. Even after I got through my training, I had plenty of money because I didn't have any bills besides a cell phone. It was paradise.

Until I made the dumbass mistake of getting out. Now I'm going to school (with the help of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, thank God) with kids 4 and 5 years younger than me, which in itself is hard, lol. If it wasn't for my disability and the GI Bill, I'd be VERY, very screwed...even with the job i have now I'd still be in trouble...don't even want to think about it.

I like to live comfortably and be able to do the things I want. So far, I've been able to do that thankfully, but I'm reminded everyday of how bad it is. I worked hard to be where I'm at and I think I paid for the help I'm getting now. I'm technically disabled, but I don't like to use that word because I know a lot of guys who are a lot worse off than I am who don't use it. One of my buddies wanted me to take advantage of that disabled classification, but I can't do that. Makes me feel bad, lol.

You need to get past the part of feeling bad Vundy. When a man goes out and fights in war for his country and gets wounded or worse, hence the song "Some Gave All" Lots of folks are on a so called disability that don't deserve it but, yours is earned, my friend. Your country owes you that.